Re: Suggest starting by defining the basic service that is to be provided

Hadmut Danisch wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 02:26:09PM -0500, Abe Drier wrote:
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>>This service provides the ability for an originating entity to send data 
>>to either one or more originator specified recipient entities in a 
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>What about mailing lists and newsgroup-like distribution? 
>The originator does not specify the recipient, or would you take
>the mailing list/newsgroup as an "entity"?
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>regards
>Hadmut
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The mailing list or other distribution mechanism represents a recipient 
entity as specified by the originating entity.